Bufo arenarum oocyte maturation is related to important modifications in the metabolism of carbohydrates. Such changes involve a different relative participation of the main oxidative routes and are under the influence of seasonal variations of the pituitary activity. Ovulated coelomic oocytes obtained during the winter period, were unable to initiate cleavage after injection of a sperm suspension. The extent of sperm head transformation and aster formation in the cytoplasm of oocytes with a different metabolic behaviour (obtained during the winter and summer periods) were studied. Our results show that sperm nuclear transformation and DNA synthesis were quite similar in both types of oocytes. In contrast to summer oocytes, in which the pronucleus was sourranded by an aster, no aster structure was formed in winter ooctyes notwithstanding pronucleus formation occurred. These results suggest that the failure to develop aster may explain the lack of cleaving in winter oocytes. It appears that the metabolic changes, aster formation and the capability to cleave are closely related and could be dissociated from oocyte nuclear maturation in this species.
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